espirobol
Portuguese, noun/is.pi.ɾoˈbɔw/
espirobol is spelled E-S-P-I-R-O-B-O-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Espirobol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tetherball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo em que dois adversários, ou duas duplas adversárias, posicionados dentro dos limites de um espaço…”.
What does espirobol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetetherball
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo em que dois adversários, ou duas duplas adversárias, posicionados dentro dos limites de um espaço circular, devem golpear, em sentidos opostos, uma bola presa por uma corda a um poste ou mastro no centro do espaço; ganha o lado que conseguir enrolar completamente a bola junto ao poste central
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of espirobol
- espirobóis plural
- espiribol alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce espirobol?
- Brazil /is.pi.ɾoˈbɔw/
- Brazil [is.pi.ɾoˈbɔʊ̯]
- Brazil /es.pi.ɾoˈbɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to espirobol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is espirobol in Portuguese?
espirobol appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).